Psychology References

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Introductory Psychology

Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 5^th Canadian Edition

Lilienfeld, Lynn, Namy, Cramer, Schmaltz

Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding continues to emphasize the importance of scientific-thinking skills and teaches students how to test their assumptions and motivates them to use scientific thinking skills to better understand the field of psychology in their everyday lives. Students will emerge with the “psychological smarts,” or open-minded skepticism, needed to distinguish psychological misinformation from credible, useful psychological information.

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Introductory Psychology

An Introduction to Psychological Science, 4th Canadian Edition (Available in March 2023)

Krause, Corts, Smith

An Introduction to Psychological Science presents students with a model for scientific literacy; this model forms the core of how this text is written and organized. We believe a scientific literacy perspective and model will prove useful in addressing two course needs we often hear from instructors—to provide students with a systematic way to categorize the overwhelming amount of information they are confronted with, and to cultivate their curiosity and help them understand the relevance, practicality, and immense appeal of psychological science.

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Introductory Psychology

The World of Psychology, 10th Canadian Edition (Available in March 2023)

Wood, Wood, Boyd, Wood, Desmarais

We all learn best when we can apply new concepts to the world we know. The tenth Canadian edition of The World of Psychology allows students to do just that. Highly interactive and active, clearly written, and thoroughly up to date, this new edition of our textbook will encourage students to think for themselves as they learn about, relate to, and apply the psychological principles that affect their lives.

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Personality Psychology

Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others, Canadian edition

Twenge, Campbell, Matsuba

The Canadian edition of Personality Psychology: Understanding Yourself and Others satisfies the needs of today’s students with a concise, conversational style; vivid, relatable examples; and an abundance of research-based personality questionnaires to help students learn about themselves. We also include interactive features allowing students to express and share their opinions, and self-assessments so they can gauge how well they’re learning the material as they go.

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Child Development

Children and Their Development, 5th Canadian edition

Kail, Barnfield

Children and Their Development provides a solid, research-oriented overview of child-development science. Organized topically and in modules, this text focuses on research and theory while making the material accessible for students through effective pedagogy. It uses fundamental developmental issues as a foundation for integrating studies and for demonstrating how complementary research methods work together. It also demonstrates that the results of child-development research can be used to enhance the lives of children and their families.

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Psychological Disorders

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology, 5th Canadian edition

Nevid, Rathus, Greene, Knight

Put a human face on the study of abnormal psychology. Essentials of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World covers historical and theoretical perspectives in the field, approaches to psychological assessment and treatment, and the major types of psychological disorders - including eating disorders, anxiety disorders, depressive and bipolar disorders, substance related disorders, among others.

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Psychological Disorders

Abnormal Psychology: A Scientist—Practitioner Approach, 2nd Canadian edition

Beidel, Bulik, Stanley, Taylor

Explore the science and humanity of abnormal psychology. Abnormal Psychology portrays the human face of various psychological conditions, helping students to understand that abnormal behavior is complex and subject to many different forces. This leading-edge author team, consisting of four active researchers, clinicians, and educators, take a scientist-practitioner approach emphasizing the rich blend of both the science and practice of abnormal psychology throughout the text.

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Forensic Psychology

Forensic Psychology, 6th edition

Pozzulo, Bennell, Forth

Forensic Psychology is a market-leading Canadian text that provides stimulating and accessible course materials by pioneers in the field. The authors have taken a broad-based perspective that incorporates both experimental and clinical topics. The text covers topics that might otherwise be discussed in traditional social and cognitive psychology courses—including eyewitness testimony, jury decision making, and police procedures—as well as topics that are clinical in nature and might otherwise be discussed in traditional personality or abnormal psychology courses - such as the meaning of being unfit to stand trial, mentally disordered offenders, and psychopathy.

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